Static & Silence

Static & Silence
Studio album by The Sundays
Released 22 September 1997
Genre Indie pop, dream pop
Length 38:46 (UK edition)
42:14 (U.S. edition)
Label Parlophone
Geffen
Producer David Gavurin, Harriet Wheeler
The Sundays chronology
Blind
(1992)		 Static & Silence
(1997)
Singles from Static & Silence
  1. "Summertime"
    Released: 8 September 1997
  2. "Cry"
    Released: 10 November 1997
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Rolling Stone [2]

Static & Silence is the third and final album by The Sundays, released in the UK by Parlophone on 22 September 1997, and in the U.S. by Geffen on 23 September 1997.

Guitarist and leader David Gavurin says that at this point the band had mellowed somewhat with age, and that he and wife Harriet Wheeler have been influenced more by Van Morrison, which gives some songs on the album that folk-rock bent ("Folk Song" even quotes from Morrison's "And It Stoned Me"). The couple had also been listening a lot to Frank Sinatra songs and '60s French film music.

Kevin Jamieson, who performed some percussion work on the album, also joined The Sundays during their UK and U.S. album support tour as a backup guitarist. He is perhaps best known for his prior work as the lead singer for Jim Jiminee.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by David Gavurin and Harriet Wheeler.

UK edition

  1. "Summertime" – 3:34
  2. "Homeward" – 3:49
  3. "Folk Song" – 3:04
  4. "She" – 3:07
  5. "When I'm Thinking About You" – 4:17
  6. "I Can't Wait" – 2:23
  7. "Another Flavour" – 3:18
  8. "Leave This City" – 4:24
  9. "Your Eyes" – 2:30
  10. "Cry" – 4:05
  11. "Monochrome" – 4:15

U.S. edition

  1. "Summertime" – 3:33
  2. "Homeward" – 3:48
  3. "Folk Song" – 3:04
  4. "She" – 3:06
  5. "When I'm Thinking About You" – 4:17
  6. "I Can't Wait" – 2:22
  7. "Cry" – 4:06
  8. "Another Flavour" – 3:18
  9. "Leave This City" – 4:23
  10. "Your Eyes" – 2:29
  11. "So Much" – 3:29
  12. "Monochrome" – 4:14

Japan edition

  1. "Summertime" – 3:34
  2. "Homeward" – 3:48
  3. "Folk Song" – 3:03
  4. "She" – 3:07
  5. "When I'm Thinking About You" – 4:17
  6. "I Can't Wait" – 2:22
  7. "Another Flavour" – 3:18
  8. "Leave This City" – 4:23
  9. "Your Eyes" – 2:29
  10. "Cry" – 4:05
  11. "Monochrome" – 4:15
  12. "Through The Dark" – 4:25
  13. "Gone" – 3:53
  14. "Nothing Sweet" – 3:02

Chart performances

Chart Position
Australian Albums Chart
45[3]
New Zealand Albums Chart
33[3]
UK Albums Chart 10[4]

Lead single "Summertime" charted at #15 in the UK Singles Chart,[5] and at #41 in Australia.[6] Second single "Cry" peaked at #44 in the UK Singles Chart.[7]

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Rolling Stone review
  3. ^ a b Album Chart Positions @ Australian-charts.com Retrieved May 2009
  4. ^ "The Sundays - Static and Silence". ChartStats.com. http://www.chartstats.com/albuminfo.php?id=12395. Retrieved 12 October 2009. 
  5. ^ "The Sundays - Summertime". ChartStats.com. http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=25618. Retrieved 12 October 2009. 
  6. ^ Summertime @ Australian-Charts.com Retrieved May 2009
  7. ^ "The Sundays - Cry". ChartStats.com. http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=25836. Retrieved 12 October 2009. 

External links

The Sundays
Harriet Wheeler • David Gavurin • Paul Brindley • Patrick Hannan
Studio albums
Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic · Blind · Static & Silence
Singles
"Can't Be Sure" · "Here's Where the Story Ends" · "Love" · "Goodbye" · "Summertime" · "Cry"